Relative Clauses In Gumuz (a Gb-approach)

This study analyzes the st ructure of relative clausesrn(RC ' S) 1 n Gumuz. It follows the theory of Government andrnBinding (GB) of Chomsk y (198 1 , 1982, 1986, 1988) and otherrnrecent developments . GB assumes that relative clauses arernnon-argument clausal complements of nouns. It is claimedrnth e 1 ntE,~n al st,-uc tLTe of r 21 ative c lauses al'erne x pl a ine d in terms of 5 u btheories and principles which arernassumed t o be pl""-operties of UG.,rnThE r elat ivi zi ng strategies and relativized positionsrnare treated in chapter two. It is argued that Gumuz uses therngapping (EC) strategy. This means that relativized positionsrnfilled by phonetically real NP ' s but by an emptyrncategory (EC) o

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